Three Things

This edition of Three Thing Thursday is brought to you by a week from hell very busy week that included a day like yesterday, when I left the house at 6:15 a.m., drove 50 miles to work, worked, drove another 40 miles to pick up Daughter from school, drove another 20-30 miles in the opposite direction to West Point to attend Son's district track that started at 2:00 p.m. and ended wait, has it ended yet? well past 7:30 p.m., then drove another 30-40 miles home and stumbled in the door at approximately 9:15 p.m.

The part of this blog dedicated to complaining numbers and run-on sentences is now over.

Here are my three things in no particular order.

1. Son is going to the regional track meet next week for 300 meter hurdles and 4x400 relay (otherwise known--30 years ago--as the mile relay. They insist on confusing matters with this 4 by 400 business, causing those who are challenged by ADD meters numbers to shake their heads and spend way too much time wondering why they don't just call it the mile relay.).

2. While Mathews County holds the title for World's Worst Mosquitoes and Highest Concentration of Ants in the Galaxy, West Point on a hot, muggy afternoon of track and field events (when one's endurance is already being tested) holds the record for Most Biting, Swarming, Mind-Game-Playing Gnats in the Universe.  They were so thick I swallowed a handful  just trying to draw a breath and had them crawling on me like fleas for four. Solid. Hours. In sweltering heat.

3. Along with all the bikers who will descend this weekend for the Tour de Chesapeake, a friend who has never seen Mathews will be in town, and I'm looking forward to providing the Tour de Mathews.

What three things are on your mind at the moment?

More From Bethel Beach

Notice how the design formed by the feathers of this bird in flight
looks like some ominous creature with great big eyes.
(Or is it just me?)

Whenever I use my camera's zoom function to the extreme, things get all wobbly,
blurry and ridiculous. Just know that I was a million miles away when I took this very
mediocre shot of very beautiful swans.
And I still adore my camera.

Here are some more shots from last week's very brief
trip to Bethel Beach.

Someone's peeking out the nest.

The parent kept an eye on me the whole time.

These two were very content to just stand around and listen to the waves.

Those same two seagulls are in the upper left corner of this shot, but
you have to click on the image and pull out a telescope
magnifying glass to see them. I wasn't trying to capture them but was
more intrigued by the patterns above.
It doesn't take a whole lot to amuse me. That's why I thrive in Mathews.

These were on the path at the entrance to the beach.

Even a stray crab claw can be beautiful.
I love the blue and hint of  red.
(Though I'm sorry he's dead.)

Bethel Beach is a wonderful place to visit, 

especially on a sunny May day.

Thanks for tagging along.